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Namibian Wildlife Crimes article archive
This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia aims to:
- provide easy public access to published information and statistics
- enable easy stakeholder access to articles
- provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia
Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife crime is one of the pressing environmental issues of our time.
Wildlife crime investigations are generally covert operations requiring utmost confidentiality to succeed. Investigations and prosecutions in complex cases may take months or even years to complete. For this reason, the information that can be released to the public without compromising cases is often limited. Nonetheless, the Namibian government strives to share as much information as possible with the public.
The Namibian media has welcomed this approach and regularly publishes statistics and feature articles on wildlife crime. These are entered into the database at regular intervals, creating a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia.
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The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism plans to recruit 50 young Namibians into its anti-poaching unit as part of intensified efforts to protect threatened wildlife, including rhinos, elephants, and pangolins. The decision comes in the wake of significant poaching incidents recorded in 2024, which saw 83 cases of rhino poaching and nine elephant poaching incidents. Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Indileni Daniel, announced to Cabinet while presenting the ministry's 2025/2026 budget motivation.
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for an effective eight years for illegally transporting and trading in a protected plant species. The National Prosecuting Authority says Hanro Owies was convicted for contravening the Northern Cape Nature Conservation Act of 2009.
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| ANG_2025_04_Man jailed for dealing in protected plants species_Algoa FM.pdf | 93.66 KB |
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| SA_2025_02_Three arrested for possession of protected plant species_Algoa FM.pdf | 83.22 KB |
Six members of the so-called Chitiyo rhino-poaching gang received lengthy jail sentences in a landmark judgment in the Makhanda High Court on Wednesday. They were convicted last September on charges of conspiring to poach rhinos and the illegal possession of heavy-calibre firearms and ammunition. Makhanda High Court judge Gerald Bloem handed down sentences ranging from 16 to 20 years, in front of a courtroom packed with conservationists who turned up in their numbers to show how they feel about wildlife crimes. Sentencing proceedings…
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| SA_2023_06_Lengthy jail terms for rhino poachers following landmark EC judgment_Algoa FM.pdf | 279.06 KB |
Botswana has seen an unprecedented rise in rhinoceros poaching in the last 12 months. The government reports nearly 50 of the animals have been killed in the last 10 months, about one-tenth of the country’s rhino population. Officials say at this rate, the black rhino population, which numbers just a few dozen, could be wiped out by the end of next year.
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| BOT_2020-04_Botswana kills five suspected poachers in effort to save Rhinos_Citizentv.pdf | 246.72 KB |